Think piracy is killing the music industry? This chart suggests otherwise

Re:Think piracy is killing the music industry? This chart su... by route66 on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @11:56AM (#6515809)

> Probably we will see less new justin timberlakes/drakes/britney spears level superstars, and more local/regional/niche stars.

This is being parroted around here for a while, but that does not make it more true. Big artists are less affected than small labels. See also: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/20/business/fi-cotown-i...

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Re:Think piracy is killing the music industry? This chart su... by chc on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @07:30PM (#6518554)

This is kind of missing the point, which is that fewer artists will get to that level, not that artists already at that level will suddenly be forgotten.

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